Gaylon Teslaa d/b/a Alpen Pet Hospital, et al. v. Vereuck Properties LLC, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

-------------------------------------------------------------x GAYLON TESLAA d/b/a ALPEN PET : HOSPITAL, et al., : Plaintiffs, :

ORDER

v. : : 25-CV-06991 (PMH) VEREUCK PROPERTIES LLC, et al., : : Defendants. : -------------------------------------------------------------x PHILIP M. HALPERN, United States District Judge: On August 25, 2025, plaintiffs Gaylon Teslaa d/b/a Alpen Pet Hospital, Ephraim-Nation, SMT Restore Revocable Living Trust, GJT Revocable Living Trust, and Better Medicine Naturally Foundation commenced the instant action against defendants the Bar Association of California, County of Mono, Matthew Lehman, Mono County Superior Court, Gian Carlo Simonetti, State of California, Town of Mammoth Lakes, Vereuck Properties LLC, and Frederick Gillet Wood. (Doc. 1, “Compl.”). Plaintiffs purport to allege claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 for violations for the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiffs allege that the “central events stem from the wrongful eviction” of the Alpen Pet Hospital, which entity is owned by the Better…